What ⢇ means
It has no single reading across Braille codes. Braille is read by touch from raised dots arranged in a cell. This cell raises positions 1, 2, 3, and 8. A language-specific Braille code or computer Braille table decides its role: a letter, a contraction (a shorthand sign for a letter group or word), punctuation, a computer character, a display attribute (information about how text should appear), or no entry in that table.
Charles Barbier published an earlier tactile dot-writing system in 1815 to help blind people read and write. Louis Braille developed his six-dot system in 1821 and published a description in 1829. Later eight-dot systems added positions 7 and 8, giving computer Braille room for extra characters and display attributes.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIt identifies one eight-dot Braille pattern, not a fixed word.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⢇ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⢇
- Search it as
- Braille pattern 1238 · Braille dots 1238 · 8 dot Braille · eight dot cell · computer Braille · Braille cell
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⢇\2887Codes and encoding1 code points
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